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(ràng) - to let, to allow; to make (causative) in Mandarin

ràng

Traditional: 讓

Line drawing of 让
Coloured illustration of 让
HSK 2
#39 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

to let, to allow; to make (causative)

Word origin

让 (ràng) is a phono-semantic compound of 讠, the speech radical, and 上 marking the simplified sound. The traditional form 讓 used 襄 as phonetic. It means 'to let', 'to allow', 'to yield' and serves as a causative.

Origin
phono-semantic compound
Root
讠(speech radical) + phonetic (襄 in the traditional form 讓)

Stroke order

Stroke order for 让

Examples

Let me think about it.

Mum does not let me go out to play.

This news made everyone very happy.

Please let me help you carry the luggage.

This film moved me deeply.

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Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 让.

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